Saturday, December 21, 2019

MOVIES - From YahooHuffPost: Eddie Murphy still regrets turning down the lead role in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

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POLITICS - From WashPost: Rep. Matt Shea, a Washington state GOP state legislator, has been found to have participated in a act of domestic terrorism.

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BOX OFFICE - From THR: At the Chinese box office, "The Rise of Skywalker" is being beaten by local blockbusters.

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STREAMING - From Variety: Hulu's planned TV series based on novelist Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles" book series (which begins with "Interview with a Vampire") is not happening. The rights are being shopped around... at a high price.

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TELEVISION - From Variety: Epix is producing a TV series based on Stephen King's short story, "Jerusalem's Lot." Adrien Brody is set to star.

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: A jury has award 8.6 million dollars to the parents of John Bernecker, the stuntman who died in July 2017 during the filming of a stunt for "The Walking Dead."

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TRAILER - From SlashFilm: Here is the first official trailer for Christopher Nolan's next mind-bending film, "Tenet," with a breakdown of the contents of the trailer by the article's writer. "Tenet" opens July 17, 2020.

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MOVIES - From Deadline: Focus Features will distribute Paul Thomas Anderson's next film, an untitled high school film set in the 1970s. Anderson's previous film was the Oscar-nominated, "The Phantom Thread."

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MOVIES - From Esquire: Adam Sandler, getting rave reviews and Oscar buzz for his film, "Uncut Gems," says he got a phone call from Oscar-winning actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, who praised Sandler for his performance in the film.

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TELEVISION - From YahooEntertainment: Comedian/talk show host Wayne Brady is the winner of Fox's competition reality show, "The Masked Singer" Season Two.

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MOVIES- From EW: The site has an exclusive first look at Christopher Nolan's secret film project, "Tenet," starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson.

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TELEVISION - From Deadline: The CW is looking to reboot its former TV series, "The Game," which it debuted in 2006 and cancelled in 2009. BET revived the series, where it ran from from 2011 to 2015.

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STREAMING - From Deadline: Morfydd Clark has been cast as a young "Galadriel" in Amazon's "The Lord of the Rings." Galadriel is the character played by Cate Blanchett in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.

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MOVIES - From EW: Here, is a first look, some images from the third "Bill & Ted" film, "Bill & Ted Face the Music." The film, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, is due August 21, 2020.

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MOVIES - From Variety: Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have tapped Keith Thomas to direct their "Firestarter" remake. Both the 1984 original film (which starred a 9-year-old Drew Barrymore) and the reboot are based on Stephen King's 1980 novel of the same name.

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MOVIES - From ScreenRant: David Ayer ("Suicide Squad") will direct Warner Bros' remake of "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), the classic World War II action film.

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DISNEY+ - From Variety: Disney+ is in early development of a TV series based on the 1989 Tom Hanks' man-dog buddy comedy, "Turner & Hooch."

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MOVIES - From Deadline: Viola Davis are among the actors added to Sandra Bullock's Netflix drama about life after incarceration.

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STAR TREK - From Variety: The streaming service, CBS All Access, has renewed "Star Trek: Picard" for a second season, although the first season has not yet debuted.

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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Quentin Tarantino is apparently leaving his R-rated "Star Trek" behind, and if he makes one more film, it will be "smaller."

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SCANDAL - From THR: Disgraced movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein, says that he is a "forgotten man," meaning people have forgotten the great things that he has done in the American movie business. Harvey is scheduled to go to trial in January 2020 for charges of rape, predatory sexual assault and criminal sexual act against two women.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/13 to 12/15/2019 weekend box office is "Jumanji: The Next Level" with an estimated take of 60.1 million dollars.

From Variety: "Frozen II" becomes the sixth Disney movie to reach one billion dollars in global box office in 2019.

From Variety: The Emilia Clarke-Henry Golding holiday film, "Last Christmas," has now grossed the 100 million dollar mark in global box office.

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SPORTS - From CBSSports: The 2019 Heisman Trophy winner as the best player in college football is Joe Burrows, quarterback for the #1 ranked LSU Tigers. Burrows, the second Louisiana State University football player to win the Heisman, won the award by the largest margin in the history of Heisman voting. His 2608 points were 1846 points higher than the second place finisher, Jalen Hurts, QB of the Oklahoma Sooners.

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MOVIES - From Vulture: Yes, what is the best Adam Sandler movie?